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Source – indiatoday.in The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday upheld an order by former Karnataka Assembly Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar disqualifying 17 Karnataka MLAs in July. Though the top court upheld the disqualification of the MLAs from Congress and JD(S), the term of the disqualification was struck down. The order, therefore, allows all the

Source: indianexpress.com The High Court of Manipur Tuesday disposed of separate petitions filed by two Congress MLAs against Minister Th. Shyamkumar Singh, seeking disqualification of the minister under the anti-defection law. The court refused to pass any order citing shortfalls of its jurisdiction under the tenth schedule. However, while giving an observation of the petition,

Source:thehindu.com As the Supreme Court is set to hear a plea related to the resignation of some MLAs of the coalition parties, a section of legal experts feel that there is a need for the apex court to intervene and plug a loophole in the law — of the absence of a specific time frame